While the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Motorola Droid Razr high-end smartphones captured the most headlines this week in the mobile market, Sprint (NYSE:S) unveiled two new Android 2.3 “Gingerbread” smartphones: The Motorola Admiral and HTC Evo Design 4G.

The Admiral and Evo Design 4G have two things in common. Both run Android 2.3 “Gingerbread,” which is no longer the freshest Android flavor now that Android 4.0 ”Ice Cream Sandwich” has been revealed, and both cost $ 99 on contract after $ 50 mail-in rebates.

That price tag should appeal to the echelon of consumers wary of paying $ 200 to $ 300 for the high-end smartphones, such as the Razr and Galaxy Nexus (has not been formally priced)…………… continues on eWeek… Read the full article
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Feeling a little full after all that Ice Cream Sandwich? Here’s a little taste of Mango to cleanse the palate.

The newest smartphones running the Windows Mango operating system have been unveiled, separately at the All Things Digital AsiaD Conference and in a post on the Windows Team Blog. President of Microsoft’s Windows Phone division Andy Lees showed off three new phones running Windows Mango at the AsiaD Conference: The HTC Titan, the Samsung Focus Flash and the Samsung Focus S. Though the…………… continues on Huffington Post… Read the full article